Lt. Brannigan, played by David Sitler, questions gambler Benny Southstreet, played by Noah Plomgren. by Ed Lieberman Move over, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, there’s a new club in town: the Goodspeed Opera House, which is currently hosting the Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in CT! Rumor has it that the Goodspeed accepted a…
Photos By John Vecchiolla By Ed Lieberman The story of “Romeo and Juliet” has entertained theatergoers since Shakespeare first published it in the late 1590’s. In recent times, playwrights and filmmakers have adapted the story and/or placed it into contemporary contexts (i.e. “Romanoff & Juliet,” by Peter Ustinov [1968]; Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet [1996])….
Emily Young and Noah Brody in a scene from Fiasco Theater’s “Into the Woods” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) by David Schultz When this brilliant musical first hit the boards in 1987 it seemed a fresh take on all the fairy tale bedtime stories we were told as tiny tots. A mishmash of various characters…
Clark Scott Carmichael, Jennifer Hope Wills By Edward Lieberman The story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table has inspired generations. One of its more recent iterations was Camelot, a musical crafted by Broadway legends Alan J. Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music), which ran on the Great White…
Photos by Carol Rosegg by Ethel Wynn The new show at The York Theatre Company, Texas in Paris, is “full of music but it’s not a musical,” and is “based on true events, but it’s not a documentary” as described by York’s Artistic Director Jim Morgan, in his witty-as-usual curtain speech. Texas in…
Edgar with Misses DuvalPhoto by Joan Marcus by Eugene Paul Nevermore? Nevermore again, perhaps. And again. Poe’s swath is immense. And in this instance with this production once more bracing New York, twice as long, twice as lavish, twice as odd, twice as fantastical, Nevermore, the Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan…
R: Louis Dall’Ava (far left) and William Whitefield (pulled by sailors) in H.M.S. Pinafore Photo: Noah Strone by Deirdre Donovan H.M. S. Pinafore sailed into NYU’s Skirball Center in late December under the steady hand of Albert Bergeret., the founder and artistic Director of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP). Those who…
Sarah Caldwell Smith in the role of Rose Maybud and Daniel Greenwood in the role of Richard Dauntless — sing “Happily coupled are we” backed by the Bridesmaids Chorus – RuddigoreAct 2 by Deirdre Donovan The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) resurrects Ruddigore, for a rousing 40th year celebration at NYU Skirball Center. …
Cast of Wizard of Oz Photos by John Vecchioll by Eugene Paul There’s no need to ask if you’ve ever seen the 1939 movie of The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow”, her voice filled with chills and wonder, longing and pathos, all of us melting in surrender before her. …
by Eugene Paul You could just tell: they smell it, they taste it, they’re so close…next stop, Broadway! Alexander Dodge’s smashing set is ready, David C. Woolard’s costumes are really Done, the hipped orchestra is ready, Carl Casella’s sound system already reaches all the way to Broadway. Daniel Goldfarb’s book has its lapses, yes,…